2011 Cross Country atGardner-Webb: Finished as GWU's top runner in eachmeet of the 2011 season ... Notched a personal best time in the 5Kat the Charlotte Cross Country Invitational, finishing at 18:41.74... Took 9th at the Winthrop Invite, finishing the 5K in 18:49.03... Finished 27th at the Big South Championship meet, recording atime of 19:04 in the 5K ... Competed at Southeast Regionals(Louisville, Kent.), running the 6K in a time of 23:59.7 for theRunnin' Bulldogs ... Ran to a time of 19:17.8 in the 5K at the BlueRidge Open (Boone, N.C.) ... Finished 10th in the 5K at theCharlotte Duels with a time of 19:28.48 ... Took 7th in the 4K raceat the UNC Invitational, finishing at 16:04.64.
2010 Cross Country at Gardner-Webb: Toppedall Runnin' Bulldog runners in three out of seven GWU meets ...Finished fourth at the Western Carolina Open (2-mile) with a timeof 12:00.50 ... Crossed the finish line in 19:39.85, good enoughfor 10th-place at the UNC Invitational (5k) ... Recorded aseventh-place finish with a time of 19:37.78 at the Big SouthPreview Meet (5k) ... Posted a time of 20:31.00 at the Blue RidgeOpen (5k) ... Turned in a time of 18:59.80 at the CharlotteInvitational (5000m) ... Crossed the finish line at the 2010 BigSouth Championships (5k) with a time of 20:01.48 ... Finished theseason with a time of 24:41.50 at the 2010 NCAA Southeast Regionalmeet (6k) in Louisville, Ky.
2009 Cross Country atGardner-Webb: Teamed up with teammate ElisabethSawyer to pick up a sixth-place finish at the Wofford Relays with atime of 24:39 ... Notched an eighth-place finish at the WesternCarolina Open (2 mile) with a time of 12:18.87 ... Finished in20th-place at the Big South Conference Preview Meet (5k) with atime of 20:07.00 ... Turned in a time of 19:39.50 at the Charlotteinvitational (5k) ... Posted a time of 20:32.55 at the Blue RidgeOpen (5k) ... Crossed the finish line with a time of 22:11 at the2009 Big South Conference Championship Meet (5k).
High School: Was a two-sport standoutstudent-athlete at Lafayette High School ... Qualified for thestate championships in high jump, pole vault and the 4x800 meterrelay team as a senior ... Was named All-District in cross country(20:48) as a senior ... Was named All-District in the high jump(4'10") and in the pole vault (8'6") her senior year ... Was namedto the All-District team in the 1 mile (5:25), the 800 meter run(2:23) and in the 4x800 meter relay team (2:20) ... Was All-Statein indoor and outdoor track and field ... Finished 12th in the 500meter run at the Indoor state championships ... Was a three-yearstarter on the varsity soccer team ... Her soccer team finishedfourth in the state her junior season ... Was awarded two schoolspirit and scholar awards ... Was a member of the National HonorSociety and the NAHS.
Personal: Ariel Nicole Zimmerman was bornon February 12, 1991 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey ... Daughter ofJack and Karen Zimmerman ... Has a brother, Jack, who is on thecross country and the track and field team at Gardner-Webb ... Hasa younger sister named Christina ... Majoring in CommunicationStudies.
